Italo Calvino Invisible Cities (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Invisible CitiesCondition: NewEAN: 9780099429838ISBN: 9780099429838Publisher: Vintage ClassicsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/02/1997Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 10mmItem Weight: 117gAuthor: Italo CalvinoTranslator: William WeaverContributor: William Weaver (Translated by)Language: ItalianISBN-10: 0099429837Description: Fifty-five fictional cities, each described in beautiful detail - each with a woman's name... In Invisible Cities Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice. As Gore Vidal wrote 'Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvellous invention like Invisible Cities, perfectly irrelevant.'This is a captivating meditation on culture, language, time, memory and the nature of human experience.'Invisible Cities changed the way we read and what is possible in the balance between poetry and prose... The book I would choose as pillow and plate, alone on a desert island' Jeanette Winterson'Touches inexhaustibly on the essence of the human urge to create cities, be in cities, speak of cities' Guardian'A subtle and beautiful meditation' Sunday TimesCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: FictionRelease Year: 1997 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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